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Desiree Marisol Carcamo (they/them) is a very superstitious Mexican-Salvadoran-American Gen Z writer, director, actor, and scientist. They grew up in a haunted house that was once owned by devil worshippers in South Central LA and survived being a closeted queer kid at a toxic, conservative christian high school.
Their early career has been developed through the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge (2022), the Disney-NHMC Series Writer program (2021), winning NBCUniversal and Nosotros' Ya Tu Sabes! Monolog Slam (2020), directing their debut play EL PASO at the Zephyr Theater as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival (2023), winning Open Screenplay's and M Film's Lab's Latinx Lab (2022) and Kimberly Bautista's film non-profit Justice For My Sister (2022-present).
Career Highlights Include: Civil Rights Icon, Dolores Huerta, presenting Desiree and other filmmakers a certificate of recognition from the city of Los Angeles for their directorial and producing work at the 2nd Annual Justice for My Sister Film Festival (2025); playing a supporting acting role in the Melissa Fisher's trans-immigration Oscars©-eligible short BUSCANDO ALMA which has screened at the SAG-AFTRA EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE (2025); and their award winning script, now short film directed by Maggy Torres-Rodriguez, HONEY BEE, having its world premiere at the Los Angeles Shorts International Film Festival (2025)
They earned their masters-bachelors of bioengineering at University of California Riverside.
contact at DesireeMarisolCarcamo@gmail. com
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